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Director Jane Campion, who has a proven talent for adapting difficult books - see An Angel at My Table - transforms Henry James's complex novel into a rich, dense, heart-rending film. While trying to navigate the socially treacherous waters of European society in the late 19th Century, feisty heroine Isabel Archer embarks on an ill-judged romance with the untrustworthy Osmond.

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"Some of them saw a clip from Wakolda (The German Doctor) on TV recently and really wanted to watch it. So I thought I’d take a chance, not expecting them to watch the whole film but the majority were absolutely gripped. "